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      tired , and a new-ministry , witl Redschid Pacha at its head , has come into power . The Commission on the navigation of the Danube is about to reassemble at Vienna . The Porte will be represented at it . The Boundary Commission has still two months' -work before it . SWITZERLAND . The English minister , in the name of Ms Government , has communicated to the superior executive Federal authority a proposition for the settlement of the question of NeufcMtel . " The Federal examining magistrate charged with the affair of the 3 rd and 4 th of September , " saj-s a letter from Neufch&tel of the 29 th ult ., " has terminated his mission . Several royalist notabilities of the important town of Locle , in this canton , have just signed an address to . their fellow-citizens , in which tliey declare that the best means of putting an end to civil discords , and restoring the confidence necessary for the development of public prosperity , consists , in their opinion , in the definitive ratification of the independence of Neufchatel as a republican state and Swiss canton . "

      . GERMANV . The German Diet , at its sitting on the 30 th ult ., was occupied with the question of Neufchatel , brought forward by Prussia . The question was referred to a committee formed of the Plenipotentiaries of Austria , Prussia , Bavaria , Wurtemberg , Saxony , Baden , and Darmstadt , which , on the 1 st inst ., declared itself , with certain modifications , in favour of the Prussian propositions . SWEDEN . Some Roman Catholics have established themselves near the Alten Copper Mines in Finmark ( which are managed by an English company ) , and have set to work vigorously in spreading ; their tenets among the pomilation .

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      LORD PALMERSTON AT MANCHESTER AND SALFORD . Lobd and Lady Palmerston arrived at Manchester on Tuesday evening , having left London at ten o ' clock in the morning , by the day mail . They were met at the London-road station by Sir Benjamin Heywood , at djvhose residence , at Claremont , they made their temporary sojourn . An address was presented to the Premier on . Thursday by the Salford Corporation , in reply to which his Lordship made some remarks on the excellence of local self-government , and complimented the corporation on the efforts it had made to spread education among the lower classes . Alluding to his alleged warlike tendencies , he said : — "My hon . friend the member for Salford has remarked upon the imputations which on former

      occ were cast upon me personally of a disposition to risk , -without necessity , the peace of the country , and to go , if not into the thick , at least to the verge , of ¦ wars with other countries . Those accusations , allow me to say , were founded on a misconception of the nature of things { cheers and laughter ) - , for , depend upon it , a country like this , with great in ^ terests at stake and a great reputation to maintain , does well to guard against tlie approach of insult and the very appearance of wrong-, and that it is easier to stop the beginning of such affairs than to find a remedy when the evil has risen to a great magnitude . " After avowing that his government is a government of progress , and paying a high compliment to Mr . Brotherton , M . P ., who had previously spoken , Lord Palmerston concluded by warmly thanking the corporation for the honour they had done him .

      He then departed for Manchester , in the Town Hall of which he received the address of the Town Council , the Chamber of Commerce , and the Commercial Association , and then replied at great length . He spoke in favour of the principle of Free Trade , the adoption of which had largely increased the wealth and happiness of the country , and which he trusted would soon be spread among all continental countries , though they had bitterly opposed it upon grounds the most incongruous and self-contTadictory . The apparent difficulties of the government upon first assuming office were overcome by the indomitable energy and zeal of his coadjutors , by the confidence in them and in himself of the Sovereign , and by the manly spirit of the nation . Referring to the war , and paying the usual compliments to the valour of

      in protecting subjects , because there we find a sense of right and wrong that , when appealed to , is sure to obtain justice and redress . ( Hear , hear . ) It is among the smaller States , where , from various circumstances which I don ' t wish now to go into , the principles of right and wrong are not quite so steadily kept in view—( laughter ) —it is there that we are most frequently called upon to interfere . And then , when we do interfere , people say— 'Ah ! you attack the weak . ' Why , those countries abuse their weakness ; they make their weakness the pretence for doing evil , trusting that you will overlook their delinquencies merely because you are able to obtain redress for yourselves . " After glancing at one or two topics connected with the extension of our foreign and colonial trade and with education , the Premier brought his remarks to a conclusion ; after which , together with Lady Palmerston , he visited the Exchange and other parts of the city .

      At eight o ' clock in the evening , his Lordship addressed the members of the Manchester Mechanics' Institution , who met in the Free Trade Hall , which was densely crowded . Here his remarks were of a more literary character . Quoting Pope ' s well-known couplet , " A little knowledge is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep , or taste not the Pierian spring , " he added : — " I hold that that is a mistake , and much error has it produced . A little knowledge is better , than no knowledge at all . ( Cheers . ) The more knowledge a man has , the better ; but , if his time and the means at his disposal do not permit of his acquiring deep and accurate knowledge , let him have

      as much as he can , and , depend upon it , he will be all the better for it . ( Continued applause . ) "VVe may be told that we shall make him a mere smatterer in knowledge , to which I reply , that it is better for a man to be a smatterer than to be ignorant and uninstTucted . There are many lines of information which it is most essential for a working man to pursue , but from which , were it not for institutions such , as this , he would be hopelessly excluded . In the first place , there are certain laws of nature of which some regulate the trade in which he is employed , some govern and control his industry , and on others depend the well-being of his existence ; and yet those laws are not to be known by the simple-minded man . "

      His Lordship added that he would not only have the working man study matters of science , but would have hiiii icficsli Ills riimu by occasionally reading worhs of imagination and fancy , such as poems and romances , which " are useful by giving buoyancy to the intellect , and inspiring the mind with noble sentiments . " At the conclusion of this speech , Professor Scott and Dr . Vaughan addressed the meeting at some length , and the proceedings terminated at ten o ' clock . Lord Palmerston gave a promise on Thursday to visit Liverpool on the following day .

      our soldiers and sailors and the faithful co-operation of our allies , his Lordship said : — " We are now at peace , and I hope that that peace may be lasting . Its duration must depend upon the honour and fidelity with which its conditions are fulfilled ( cheers ) . I trust that that 1 ower -which brought upon itself the hostility , either active or moral , of all Europe , by a forgctfulness of international rights and duties—I trust that that rower , having concluded a treaty , will observe that treaty and fulfil it with faithfulness , and then , no doubt , peace will bo of long duration . " The Premier afterwards a hided to foreign politics in general , observing : — Aoe difficulties that may arise in regard to the protection of individuals from wrong , are difficulties which generally arise in weak and small States . Larger Powers are above these things . With those Powers—either of Europe or tlio United States—wo have little difficulty

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      SANITARY MATTERS . THE UEGISTER-GENEHAL ' S WEEKLY KETUKN . The returns of the London districts are still of a very favourable character . In the week that ended on Saturday , the number of deaths registered was 9 C 9 . Iu the corresponding -weeks of the last ten years ( 1846-55 ) , the average number was 1009 ; and the same rate of mortality would produce in the increased population of the present time 1110 deaths . The improved state of health now existing has therefore reduced the number of last week ' s return by 141 ; and similar results have been obtained during the month now terminated . Diseases of the zymotic class were fatal to 175 persons ; affections of the respiratory organs , exclusive of phthisis and hooping-cough , to 190 . Under the average rate of mortality from zymotic diseases in

      by 2196 registrars in all the districts of England during the summer quarter that ended on September 30 , 1856 ; and the marriages in 12 , 194 churches or chapels , about 3783 registered places of -worship unconnected with the Established Church , and 628 superintendant-registrars ' offices , in the quarter that ended on June 30 , 1856 . Tie marriages are still below the average number , the births are above , and the deaths are below the average . Thus , although the high price of provisions keeps the marriage rate below the high rate which has prevailed for sometime , the increase by birth and the public health of the ; English population present in the returns a favourable aspect .

      Marriages . —77 , 434 persons -were married in the three months of April , May , and June ; and the marriage rate of the quarter was -817 per cen t . per annum . The average rate of the quarter is -855 . The marriages ( 38 , 717 ) exceed by 263 the marriages in the corresponding quarter of the year 1855 , but are fewer by 1801 than the marriages in the spring quarter of 1854 . The decrease of marriages is most obvious in London , in Sussex , in Bucks , in Somerset , in Gloucester , in Leicester , in Nottingham , and in North Wales . In Berks , Northampton , Suffolk , Devon , the North Riding of Yorkshire , Cumberland , Westmoreland , and South "Wales the marriages increased .

      Births . —157 , 633 children , who were born alive , were registered in the quarter ending on the last of September . The birth-rate of the quarter is 3 ' 278 percent , per annum , while the average rate is 3-209 . The number of births exceeds by 2799 the births in the corresponding quarter of 1855 , and is the greatest that has ever ^ been registered before in England in the corresponding quarter of the year . An increase in the births is observable in every division , except tie North Midland division , the North-Western division , and Yorkshire . : ¦ ¦ ' . : - .-. ' ¦¦ -. " ¦ ¦ •' ¦ ' ¦¦ ' . '

      Deaths . —91 , 330 deaths were registered in the three months of July , August , and September , and the deathrate was 1-899 per cent , per annum , the average rate being 2-199 ; so that it was during the last season -300 Tinder the average of the preceding ten summer quarters . Out of the same population , there were six instead of the average tale of seven deaths . Cholera-was epidemic in 1854 , and the summer death-rate , then so high ( 2-423 ) , fell to 1-854 and to 1-899 in the subsequent summer quarters . ; : ' . ¦ -.- ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ '¦ : '¦' ¦ : " :.. ' . ¦ - ' . . - ' . ¦ : ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . "" .

      [ Appended , to thesa Statistics are some admirable observations by the Registrar on the necessity of keeping our houses cleanly , of removing all decaying animal and vegetable matter , of draining the land about dwellings , and of choosing healthy , i . e . elevated , sites , instead of the damp hollows now , frequently built on . He alludes more especially to farmhouses , which are often surrounded by large heaps of offensive substances generated in the farmyard , and . which are also tod frequently stifled by trees and ricks . He adds : —1

      In the dairy , a little dirt spoils the milk , butter , Or cheese ; unless the vessels of the brewery are clean , the ale is injured ; and farmers have hence learnt by experience the importance of cleanliness in the interior of their houses . From them , tlie taste for household cleanliness has been diffused through the surrounding population . They have only to render the air which they breathe about their houses pure , to become , with those around them , the halest people in tie world .

      To place any of the new farmhouses and cottages to be built on certain elevations is the first point ; to carry out and to cover with earth all the refuse of the house and j'ards daily , -would prevent the escape of the ammonia , the most precious part of the manure , and at the same time rid the atmosphere of the fatal malaria that surrounds the farmhouses- and cottages of the country . About 642 G English farmers die in a year , and of them many are young . 2605 are under sixtyfive yeaTS of age .

      former years , the deaths last week would have been 295 . Scarlatina is at present the most prominent in this class , and numbers 40 ; and St . John , Marylebone , where five children died of it , returns a greater number of deaths from this disease than any other sub-district- The registrar of Hampstead records the death of a girl at 19 Boundary-road , St . John ' s Wood , being the second from scarlatina maligna within a few days in the same house ; and he reports the statement of the medical attendant ' that the complaint has prevailed particularly at this spot ( which ought to bo healthy ) , and is in his opinion fostered by the accumulation and decomposition of organic mattor in that part of the Bridge-road which lies

      in the parish of Hampstead , and where , it appears , there is a want of drainage . It is satisfactory to find that small-pox has lately been more rare , and last week the deaths from it were only four ; viz ., two in St . John , Westminster , and two in the Small-pox Hospital , Islington . The deaths from typhus declined to 32 . Threo fatal , cases of carbuncle are recorded ; and two of mortification in children from the application of blister . Two women and a man died at the age of 91 years ; a man and a woman at 92 ; and a woman in the Belgravo subdistrict at the age of 95 years . —Last week , the births of 777 boys and 792 girls , in all 1569 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 184 <> -65 , the average number waa 1445 . THE QUARTERLY RETURN . This return comprises the births and deaths registered

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      THE CRYSTAL PALACE FORdERIES . William James Robson , lately a clerk at the Crystal Palace , was tried last Saturday at the Central Criminal Court for the frauds and forgeries committed on the company , and which amount , according to the statement of Mr . Ballantine , counsel for the prosecution , to rather more than 10 , 000 / . The accused , who is about thirty-five years of age , appeared to have recovered entirely from the depression which he exhibited when before the Lambeth police magistrate , and now conducted himself in a very confident manner . He pleaded Guilty to threo of the indictments charging him with larceny as a servant , and Not Guilty to the charge oi forgery . Upon this issue , therefore , he was tried .

      The facts brought out in evidence were thus stated by the Judge ( Mr . Justice Eric ) in summing ; up : — "Willian James Kobson was indicted for the forgery of an instrument called ' a transfer of shares , ' and , ia another couni of the indictment , with having forged 4 a deed of Henrj Johnson . ' The deed purported that , on the considoratioi of 15 ( 5 / ., Henrj' Johnson transferred to Joseph Lowe fifti shares in the Crystal Talace Company , numbered frou 145 , 052 to 145 , 101 . The signature to that deed , wher < the name of the transferrer should be , -was Henry John

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      November 8 , 1856 . J T H E X E A P E R . 1061

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      OUR CIVILIZATION . —•—

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1856, page 1061, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2166/page/5/